Offered wages

Synopsys, Inc. — H-1B salaries

Every offered wage disclosed on Synopsys, Inc.'s certified labor condition applications — 3,384 positions — grouped into $5,000 bands and cut by occupation and by metro. Percentiles are computed from those bands at read time.

Full filing record

Median offered wage: $156,174
25th percentile: $136,439
75th percentile: $179,000
Occupations: 22

All disclosed wages

The whole distribution, every occupation together. The dashed line is the median, derived from these bands.

25th $136,439 · median $156,174 · 75th $179,000 · 3,384 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

By occupation

Each SOC code the employer filed under, with its own percentiles derived from its own bands.

Percentiles are computed per occupation from that occupation's bands. They do not average to the figure above, and they are not supposed to — the all-occupations figure is the summed distribution, not the mean of these rows.
Occupation (SOC)	Disclosed positions	25th	Median	75th	Prevailing wage level
17-2072.00 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1,458	$131,817	$141,318	$158,676	Not stated 38
15-1252.00 · Software Developers	657	$142,612	$174,250	$179,898	I 4 · Not stated 17
15-2051.00 · Data Scientists	284	$166,900	$176,500	$194,083	I 1 · II 1 · Not stated 9
11-3021.00 · Computer and Information Systems Managers	180	$183,750	$230,000	$288,750	Not stated 6
11-9041.00 · Architectural and Engineering Managers	150	$221,250	$227,500	$258,750	II 1 · Not stated 4
15-1244.00 · Network and Computer Systems Administrators	130	$171,250	$172,500	$173,750	Not stated 2
41-9031.00 · Sales Engineers	90	$108,750	$147,500	$186,250	Not stated 3
15-1299.09 · Information Technology Project Managers	60	$136,250	$137,500	$138,750	Not stated 2
13-1082.00 · Project Management Specialists	60	$122,500	$125,000	$137,500	Not stated 2
15-1253.00 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	37	$88,542	$116,300	$118,150	I 4 · II 8 · Not stated 1
15-1241.00 · Computer Network Architects	32	$121,333	$122,667	$124,000	Not stated 3
13-2051.00 · Financial and Investment Analysts	30	$171,250	$172,500	$173,750	Not stated 1
15-1231.00 · Computer Network Support Specialists	30	$171,250	$172,500	$173,750	Not stated 1
15-2031.00 · Operations Research Analysts	30	$171,250	$172,500	$173,750	Not stated 1
13-2011.00 · Accountants and Auditors	30	$161,250	$162,500	$163,750	Not stated 1
11-2021.00 · Marketing Managers	30	$161,250	$162,500	$163,750	Not stated 1
15-1299.05 · Information Security Engineers	30	$156,250	$157,500	$158,750	Not stated 1
15-2051.01 · Business Intelligence Analysts	30	$111,250	$112,500	$113,750	Not stated 1
27-1024.00 · Graphic Designers	30	$101,250	$102,500	$103,750	Not stated 1
27-1021.00 · Commercial and Industrial Designers	3	$68,750	$76,250	$78,125	I 2 · II 1
17-2112.01 · Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists	2	$76,250	$77,500	$78,750	I 2
27-1014.00 · Special Effects Artists and Animators	1	$66,250	$67,500	$68,750	I 1

Rows with fewer than 5 disclosed positions are shown because they are real filings, but a percentile over that few offers is an anecdote rather than a range. The disclosed-position column is there so you can tell which is which.

Largest occupations in detail

The same bands, drawn. Shape matters: two occupations with the same median can pay very differently at the edges.

17-2072.00 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer1,458 disclosed positions · 8 metros

25th $131,817 · median $141,318 · 75th $158,676 · 1,458 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

15-1252.00 · Software Developers657 disclosed positions · 9 metros

25th $142,612 · median $174,250 · 75th $179,898 · 657 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

15-2051.00 · Data Scientists284 disclosed positions · 5 metros

25th $166,900 · median $176,500 · 75th $194,083 · 284 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

By metro area

The same wages cut by where the work is, from the metro half of each stored band key.

Only bands recorded against a named city and state appear here, so these rows can sum to less than the total above.
Metro area	Disclosed positions	25th	Median	75th	Occupations
Sunnyvale, CA	2,073	$144,320	$170,490	$188,952	14
Austin, TX	390	$132,083	$146,250	$159,375	7
Hillsboro, OR	340	$120,000	$144,583	$172,500	6
Boxborough, MA	200	$125,000	$143,333	$176,667	2
San Diego, CA	182	$136,236	$137,500	$138,764	3
Seattle, WA	51	$141,175	$142,450	$143,725	2
Canonsburg, PA	40	$80,000	$86,667	$88,333	3
Lebanon, NH	36	$90,500	$92,000	$93,500	2
Boise, ID	30	$121,250	$122,500	$123,750	1
Marlborough, MA	30	$111,250	$112,500	$113,750	1
Canton, MI	2	$161,250	$162,500	$163,750	1
Holly Springs, NC	2	$77,500	$80,000	$87,500	1
Woodland Hills, CA	2	$76,250	$77,500	$78,750	1
Apex, NC	1	$91,250	$92,500	$93,750	1
Brooklyn, NY	1	$181,250	$182,500	$183,750	1
Buffalo, NY	1	$101,250	$102,500	$103,750	1
Cumming, GA	1	$151,250	$152,500	$153,750	1
Evanston, IL	1	$86,250	$87,500	$88,750	1
Queens, NY	1	$66,250	$67,500	$68,750	1

Prevailing wage levels

Level I is entry, level IV is fully competent and independent. The level sets the legal floor the offered wage has to clear.

A level-heavy split toward I and II means the roles were filed as junior, whatever the job title says.
Level	Positions	Share
Level I	14	11.7%
Level II	11	9.2%
Not stated	95	79.2%

Wages here are the OFFERED WAGE on the labor condition application — a commitment the employer made to the Department of Labor, not anyone’s actual compensation, and it excludes bonus and equity. Every percentile on this page is computed at render time from stored $5,000 band counts (3,384 positions); no median is stored anywhere in the dataset. How the derivation works.